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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 14 working days Features Contributors 2 Chainz (Author), 2 Chainz (Performer) Format CD Release date 20120814
R 226
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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 11 - 14 working days Features Contributors Blake Shelton Format CD Release date 20130722
R 147
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Title: Sunshine Superman (based on a true story) Starring: Pat Sajak, Phil Donohue, John Long First release: 2014 Director(s): Marah Strauch Studio: Universal Pictures Condition Case/cover: Very good Disc: Very good Weight: 89g
R 30
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Buy Sunshine Superman - based on a true story (Pat Sajak, Phil Donohue, 2014) for R30.00
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Buy LOCAL SOUTH AFRICAN - SITTER - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - CD for R15.00
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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Jr star in this 80s horror based on the novel by Peter Straub. When four old friends, Ricky, John, Sears and Edward (Astaire, Douglas, Houseman and Fairbanks Jr), decide to get together once a week to reminisce about times in their youth - calling themselves the Chowder Society - they end up competing with each other over who can tell the most gruesome ghost stories. However, after one member of the society suddenly dies, the three survivors begin to wonder if there could be more behind his death. Could they really be the victims of a real-life ghost story? Interactive Menus Commentary: Audio commentary by director John C. Irvin Other Documentary: ''Genesis' with author Peter Straub'; 'Actor Alice Krige on Alma and Eva'; 'Screenwriter Lawrence D. Cohen and producer Burt Weissbourd on story development'; 'Albert Whitlock with Billy Taylor on visual effects' Features Summary Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Jr star in this 80s horror based on the novel by Peter Straub. When four old friends... Studio Metrodome Distribution Format Blu-ray disc Release date 20151207 Contributors Melvyn Douglas (Actor), Fred Astaire (Actor), Craig Wasson (Actor), Patricia Neal (Actor), Douglas Fairbanks Jr (Actor), Alice Krige (Actor), Lance Holcomb (Actor), John Houseman (Actor), Jacqueline Brooks (Actor), Miguel Fernandes (Actor), Burt Weissbourd, Jack Cardiff, Philippe Sarde, Lawrence D. Cohen, John Irvin (Director)
R 330
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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Jr star in this 80s horror based on the novel by Peter Straub. When four old friends, Ricky, John, Sears and Edward (Astaire, Douglas, Houseman and Fairbanks Jr), decide to get together once a week to reminisce about times in their youth - calling themselves the Chowder Society - they end up competing with each other over who can tell the most gruesome ghost stories. However, after one member of the society suddenly dies, the three survivors begin to wonder if there could be more behind his death. Could they really be the victims of a real-life ghost story? Interactive Menus Commentary: Audio commentary by director John C. Irvin Other Documentary: ''Genesis' with author Peter Straub'; 'Actor Alice Krige on Alma and Eva'; 'Screenwriter Lawrence D. Cohen and producer Burt Weissbourd on story development'; 'Albert Whitlock with Billy Taylor on visual effects' Features Summary Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Jr star in this 80s horror based on the novel by Peter Straub. When four old friends... Studio Metrodome Distribution Format Blu-ray disc Release date 20151207 Contributors Melvyn Douglas (Actor), Fred Astaire (Actor), Craig Wasson (Actor), Patricia Neal (Actor), Douglas Fairbanks Jr (Actor), Alice Krige (Actor), Lance Holcomb (Actor), John Houseman (Actor), Jacqueline Brooks (Actor), Miguel Fernandes (Actor), Burt Weissbourd, Jack Cardiff, Philippe Sarde, Lawrence D. Cohen, John Irvin (Director)
R 204
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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Jr star in this 80s horror based on the novel by Peter Straub. When four old friends, Ricky, John, Sears and Edward (Astaire, Douglas, Houseman and Fairbanks Jr), decide to get together once a week to reminisce about times in their youth - calling themselves the Chowder Society - they end up competing with each other over who can tell the most gruesome ghost stories. However, after one member of the society suddenly dies, the three survivors begin to wonder if there could be more behind his death. Could they really be the victims of a real-life ghost story? Interactive Menus Commentary: Audio commentary by director John C. Irvin Other Documentary: ''Genesis' with author Peter Straub'; 'Actor Alice Krige on Alma and Eva'; 'Screenwriter Lawrence D. Cohen and producer Burt Weissbourd on story development'; 'Albert Whitlock with Billy Taylor on visual effects' Features Summary Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Jr star in this 80s horror based on the novel by Peter Straub. When four old friends... Studio Metrodome Distribution Format Blu-ray disc Release date 20151207 Contributors Melvyn Douglas (Actor), Fred Astaire (Actor), Craig Wasson (Actor), Patricia Neal (Actor), Douglas Fairbanks Jr (Actor), Alice Krige (Actor), Lance Holcomb (Actor), John Houseman (Actor), Jacqueline Brooks (Actor), Miguel Fernandes (Actor), Burt Weissbourd, Jack Cardiff, Philippe Sarde, Lawrence D. Cohen, John Irvin (Director)
R 315
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Title: Lena Baker Story Starring: Chris Burns, Dwayne Boyd Synopsis: Based on a true story on a crime she did not commit.Lena Baker is the story of one woman's attempt to rise above the challenges of life, the choices she makes, and the consequences of those choices. The moment Lena Baker (Tichina Arnold) thinks she has overcome her inner demons, she is called to work for a tyrannical white man, Elliot Arthur (Peter Coyote), a father, a mill worker, and a drunk.They develop a highly, charged relationship that society deems inappropriate for the time. His regular physical and mental abuse keeps Lena away from her children and mother (Beverly Todd). After imprisoning her in his home, Lena stands up and at-tempts to break free from his bondage. A struggle ensues, and Elliot Arthur, a white man, is shot by Lena Baker, an African- American woman, on a hot humid night in Southwest Georgia in 1945.She is arrested soon after by the town's sympathetic sheriff (Michael Rooker).A jury of 12 white men, her subpoenaed peers, found Lena guilty of murder in less than 6 hours.She received the death penalty as her sentence, earning Lena Baker a place in history as the first and only woman to be sentenced to death by the electric chair in the state of Georgia.She was pardoned posthumously in 2005.
R 30
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Made-for-TV drama based on the life of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat credited with saving the lives of tens of thousands of Jews in World War II. Wallenberg (Richard Chamberlain), an architect and business man from a wealthy Swedish family, initially underestimates Hitler, like many in Europe, but as the Nazi regime seizes power in Germany and beyond, the Swede becomes increasingly concerned at their barbarity. Posted to Nazi-occupied Budapest as Sweden's special envoy, Wallenberg feels himself morally obliged to help those in need and puts himself at great risk to shelter countless Jews in danger of persecution.
R 420
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Johannesburg (Gauteng)
8 Magic Kitten and 1 Magic Puppy Story books for young readers. Adorable stories, each one based on a specific cat. All the book covers have glittery, starry covers and the books are easy-to-read, with plenty of illustrations. Very cute! (Price is for all 9 books!).
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Johannesburg (Gauteng)
Very nice stories based on a young girl who finds different princesses in her Aunt's mysterious castle, who whisk her away to different parts of the world on magical adventures! Easy-to-read books for younger readers. Lovely set. (Price is for all 8).
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Based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author E. Annie Proulx, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is the tragic and moving story of two cowboys who unexpectedly fall in love while working together one summer in 1963. When the film begins, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ranch-hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) are strangers meeting for the first time. As the more outgoing one, it is Jack who must initiate a friendship with Ennis, a man so tight-lipped and self-consciously macho he refuses all facial expression. From this strained beginning, Jack and Ennis gradually begin to bond on cold lonely nights over a fire in the mountains of Signal, Wyoming. One particularly chilly evening, Jack invites Ennis into his tent, where a sudden awkward embrace sends their relationship in a new direction. Though each man stubbornly defends his heterosexuality, the spark between them cannot help but grow, with that initial summer on Brokeback Mountain becoming their reference point for happiness during the rest of their lives. Spanning 20 years, the film moves at an impressively slow pace that really captures the detailed and unhurried style of Proulxs story. Seeing each other a few times a year at best, Ennis and Jack spend the rest of their time half-heartedly living up to societys expectations by marrying and having kids. When the lovers do meet, there is a sense of love so palpable and frustrating it often manifests itself in physical violence. Gyllenhaal shines as the films hopeful light, and Ledger gives a powerful performance as the emotionally blocked Ennis. Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee captures the natural beauty of Wyoming and Texas with camerawork that, while beautiful, never feels imposing. Gustavo Santaolallas simple yet haunting score helps to complete a beautiful portrait of regret and wasted chances.
R 279
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Based on the inspiring true story that captured the hearts of people across the world, the rescue adventure Big Miracle tells the amazing tale of a small town news reporter (John Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. Local newsman Adam Carlson (Krasinski) cant wait to escape the northern tip of Alaska for a bigger market. But just when the story of his career breaks, the world comes chasing it, too. With an oil tycoon, heads of state and hungry journalists descending upon the frigid outpost, the one who worries Adam the most is Rachel Kramer (Barrymore). Not only is she an outspoken environmentalist, shes also his ex-girlfriend. With time running out, Rachel and Adam must rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies and Russian and American military to set aside their differences and free the whales. As the worlds attention turns to the top of the globe, saving these endangered animals becomes a shared cause for nations entrenched against one another and leads to a momentary thaw in the Cold War.
R 168
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Based on the novel by George Moore, Esther Waters is the story of a mother s fight for the life of her illegitimate son. Depicting the life of a fallen woman and filmed with incredible accuracy and authenticity of Victorian culture this is a sad, moving touching and tremendously real story. Esther Waters (Kathleen Ryan) is a young woman living in 1880 s London. Forced by her abusive stepfather to start work, she leaves school to become a servant in an aristocratic country household. There she falls in love with the handsome footman, William Latch (Dirk Bogarde), who seduces and then abandons her. Pregnant and alone, she s forced to return to London. With nothing but her meagre savings and no prospects of employment she struggles to survive and keep her baby alive. This is a tale of the strength of the human spirit in the face of great adversity.
R 220
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Based on a true story, The Conspirator tells the powerful story of a woman who would do anything to protect her family, and the man who risked everything to save her. In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt (Wright) owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell) and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken (McAvoy), a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son, John (Johnny Simmons). As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her life.
R 319
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Based on the true story of Dr. Lois Lee the story tells of child prostitution in the U.S. and how Lois sets out to rescue the hopeless cases.
R 212
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Based on the remarkable true story of Franz von Werra, The One That Got Away is the story of the only German prisoner of war to escape Britain and return to his homeland. The One That Got Away stars Hardy Kruger (Barry Lyndon, Flight of the Phoenix) - a real-life prisoner of war, who escaped from the Americans on three occasions - as the cocky and charismatic von Werra, and supported by numerous British screen legends including Michael Goodliffe (The Battle of the River Plate, The 39 Steps), Colin Gordon (The Baron, The Pink Panther) and Alec McCowan (Gangs of New York, The Importance of Being Earnest). With the Battle of Britain at its height, the German lieutenant von Werra gets shot down over enemy soil captured by British soldiers. Interrogation and captivity cannot deter him from the single aim of escaping back to his homeland. The course of his escape takes him through Canada and a still-neutral United States before he makes it home, some two years after first being captured.
R 280
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Based on the play by Ernest Thompson, ON GOLDEN POND tells the deceptively simple tale of one family's summer. The story centres around the bickering but loving relationship between Ethel and Norman Thayer (Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda), an elderly couple who are spending their 48th summer at their New England country home and celebrating Norman's 80th birthday. When their independent, insecure daughter, Chelsea (Jane Fonda), and her new boyfriend, Bill Ray (Dabney Coleman), come for Norman's birthday, they also end up asking the couple to look after Billy Ray (Doug McKeon), Bill's teenage son, while they travel to Europe. Over the summer, Norman becomes closer to Billy Ray than he has ever been to his daughter, sparking Chelsea's long-repressed resentment when she returns. In this beautifully filmed story, there are many things going on along the surface of Golden Pond, including the presence of the loons--who represent all things wonderful about their summer house and their life to Ethel. Director Mark Rydell elicits deeply touching performances from his cast (particularly Henry Fonda in his final screen appearance), and the dialogue of Thompson's script is equally graceful. The odds were against this decidedly quiet, small ensemble piece when it was released in 1981, but the timeless material and the confident direction triumphed. Rating: PG
R 209
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Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
R 194
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Based on a true story which was made into a short novel by Louis de Bernieres, RED DOG follows the Red Dog who united a local community while roaming in the wild looking for his master. Josh Lucas stars as the American bus driver who becomes Red's true master.
R 192
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Based on the true story of Carl Brashear the first African-American man to serve as a diver in the United States Navy. At every stage of his career Brashear comes up against racism. But his Commander Billy Sunday refuses to acknowledge the problem until one day he he offers Carl his support and together they become formidable allies.
R 419
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Based on chilling real life events, this story charts one couple'sterrifying real life encounter with the dark forces of thesupernatural. In 1930, Reverend Lionel Foyster and his wife Mariannemove into the Borley Rectory when Reverend Foyster is named rector ofthe parish. The couple's peaceful existence is soon shattered by aseries of unexplained occurrences, which quickly escalate into aheart-stopping nightmare. Now Reverend Foyster and Marianne mustdiscover the deadly secrets of the Rectory to avoid becoming anothertragic footnote in the dark history of The Most Haunted House InEngland.
R 124
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Based on a long-running manga, the equally beloved anime series AH! MY GODDESS warmed hearts with the story of a shy college student, Keiichi, who unwittingly acquired his very own goddess, Belldandy, after misdialing a number for takeout food. The anime continues with the sequel series, AH! MY GODDESS: FLIGHTS OF FANCY, which finds Keiichi and Belldandy pursuing their sweetly shy romance despite the interference of bumbling friends and scheming rivals. This collection kicks off the sequel anime series with the first four episodes.
R 238
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Based on a true story of heroism and sacrifice SAINTS AND SOLDIERS was an acclaimed hit on the film festival circuit winning over 10 best film awards around the country. In some of the most vicious days of World War II four American soldiers survive a massacre of prisoners and remain trapped behind enemy lines. When they encounter a hiding British officer with valuable intelligence information the group decides to try and sneak back into friendly territory with the data. However that proposition is rife with difficulties the group is mostly unarmed the weather is freezing cold they have no food and the woodlands are crawling with German soldiers. Can each of the men overcome their fear and the odds to deliver the information that may save hundreds of Allied lives SAINTS AND SOLDIERS is an independently made war film which proves that verisimilitude and emotional impact in the genre is not entirely the province of Hollywood.
R 287
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Based on a powerful true story, The Mill is a four-part drama set in the turbulent year of 1833, a time when industry is sweeping children as young as nine into the factories and mills to work 12-hour days. But things are about to change as one feisty young girl, Esther Price (Kerrie Hayes) decides to take a stand against the mill-owners and the lackeys who rule their tired and hungry lives. The Greg family pride themselves on treating their workers fairly; but in the hands of those who carry out their orders, from the Timperleys maintaining the apprentice house, to those overseeing the mill floor, kindness can soon become cruelty, with injustice and suppression the norm. But the world is changing. Inside, Daniel Greg, the mill-owner s son, is taking over the business and modernising ruthlessly; while outside, civil disobedience is on the rise. Times are changing for better or worse, and the balance of power is about to fall into the hands of a young girl called Esther Price.
R 372
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Based on a true story, SCHINDLER'S LIST is Steven Spielberg's epic drama of World War II Holocaust survivors and the man who unexpectedly came to be their saviour. Unrepentant womaniser and war profiteer Oskar Schindler uses Polish Jews as cheap labour to produce cookware for the Third Reich. But after witnessing the violent liquidation of the walled ghetto where the Krakow Jews have been forced to live, Schindler slowly begins to realise the immense evil of Nazism. When his employees are sent to a work camp, they come under the terrorising reign of sadistic Nazi Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes). With the help of his accountant, Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley), Schindler creates a list of 'essential' Jews. Bribing Goeth, Schindler manages to get 1,100 people released from the camp and brought to the safety of his munitions factory in Czechoslovakia. Spielberg's glorious film is wondrously evocative, visually stunning, and emotionally stirring.
R 288
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Based upon the stageplay by William Gibson, this dramatic story follows a young blind and deaf girl and a teacher who relies on her determination and instinct to bring light and joy into an otherwise dark world.
R 192
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Based on real life events, this is the story of two men who worked in the French movie studios during World War II.
R 192
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Based on the award-winning comic by Paco Roca, Wrinkles portrays the poignant and charming friendship between Emilio and Miguel, two elderly gentlemen shut away in a care home. Recent arrival Emilio who is in the early stages of Alzheimer is helped by new roommate Miguel to avoid doctors discovering his ongoing deterioration. In order to avoid ending up on the feared top lost causes floor, Miguel employs all kinds of elaborate and comical stunts throughout their tedious day-to-day routine. This struggle helps shape a genuine and strong relationship between the two of them, because although for some their lives are coming to an end, for Emilio and Miguel it is just beginning. This astonishing story of humanity, friendship and the fragility of old age will make you laugh and cry in equal measures.
R 236
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